SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF P. Tr. H. Phillips, 1885.
PETRARCH (FRANCESCA PETRARCA). b. 1304, d. 1374. Italian poet.
COMPLAINTS. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the World's Vanities. Tr. by Ed. Sp.[enser], 1591.
PETRARCHES VISIONS, [being a translation ... of the Canzone 'Standomi un giorno solo, alla fenestra']. Tr. by Ed. Sp.[enser], 1591.
PHISICKE AGAINST FORTUNE. Tr. [by Thos. Twyne.] 1579.
SONNETS [30] AND [3] ODES. Tr. 1777.
A THEATRE WHERIN BE REPRESENTED THE MISERIES ... THAT FOLLOW THE VOLUPTUOUS WORLDLINGS, etc. [With Epigrams. Tr. from the Sonnets of Petrarch]. 1569.
THE TRYUMPHES OF FRAUNCES PETRACKE. Tr. by Henry Parker Knight ... Lorde Morley, 1565.
The form of the sonnets of Petrarch as introduced into England by Wyatt and Surrey became very popular in the time of Elizabeth. The following are amongst the more important writers of sonnets influenced by P.: Sidney, 'Astrophel and Stella'; Dryden, 'Idea'; Constable, 'Diana'; Daniel, 'Delia'; Watson, 'Teares of Fansie'; Spenser, 'Amoretta'; Shakespeare, 'Sonnets'; and Milton, 'Sonnets'; Tottel's 'Miscellany' (which as a collection of the Elizabethan poets) is markedly influenced by P.